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Staying in the Duck area next week. Any help on the listed restaurants below. I want to know what ones to stay away from or highly recommended ones.
Thanks!!!
Beach Grill and Raw Bar
Outer Banks Seafood
Corolla, NC
website:
Outer Banks Seafood
Burger King
(252) 453-9493
Corolla's Gourmet
To You
(252) 453-6019
Cosmos Pizzeria
Corolla Light Town Center
110 C Corolla Light Town Center
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-4666
Gabriellas' Italy
798 Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-0069
GiGi's
Family Italian Cuisine
& Catering
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-2929
Grouper's
Grille & Wine Bar
Light, fresh and colorful food that satisfies, just the way you want to eat today. The finest seafood, Angus beef, free-range chicken and pork. Extensive wine list. Reservations suggested.
(252) 453-4077
The Kitchen Witch Catering
2388 Carova Road
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-2260
Professional inhome catering, vacationers and residents, daily and weekly, 2 to 200 people. Weddings and Receptions. All seasons.
Metropolis Little Bar Bistro
520 Old Stoney Rd. in Corolla.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-6167
Tapas and Martini Bar
76 seat full-service restaurant
Mike Dianna's Grill Room
796-A Sunset Blvd.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-4336
Daily menu changes, wine list,
appetizers & entrees
Large party seating and
take-out available.
website:
Grill Room OBX
North Beach Bistro
(252) 453-0788
Open daily for lunch and dinner. Serving steak, seafood, vegetarian and pasta dishes, fine wines, beer and champagnes. Take out available.
North Banks
Restaurant & Raw Bar
794-G Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-3344
A friendly casual setting offering daily fish specials, raw bar, live Maine lobsters and full-service bar. Lunch and dinner daily.
Northern Lights Bakery
807-L Ocean Tr.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-0201
Pine Island Diner
345 Audubon Drive
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-4828
Smokey's Restaurant
(252) 453-4050
Sooey's BBQ
& Rib Rack
(252) 453-4423
Starboards Sub's
& Italian Specialties
(252) 457-0212
Steamer's Shellfish To Go
TimBuck II
798 B Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-3305
Gourmet take out at its finest! Featuring made from scratch soup entrees and dessert and our famous Steamer Pots To-Go.
Sundogs Sports
Bar & Grill
(252) 453-4263
Tomato Patch
Italian Foods & Bar
(252) 453-4500
I live in corolla 50% of the year and have worked in corolla Rest. world including a couple of those listed. I will give you the low down on where to go and where not, later this evening.
Beach Grill and Raw Bar
Outer Banks Seafood
Corolla, NC
website:
Outer Banks Seafood
Burger King
(252) 453-9493 ----Don’t waste time
Corolla's Gourmet
To You
(252) 453-6019----Don’t waste time
Cosmos Pizzeria
Corolla Light Town Center
110 C Corolla Light Town Center
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-4666
Gabriellas' Italy
798 Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-0069---- small one room pizza joint ny style pizza, good food pizza and salads, mostly take out and deliv. cramped and loud if dine in.
GiGi's
Family Italian Cuisine
& Catering
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-2929 ---- used to work here, before owner change it was very good! Now it is VERY PRICEY for what you get, not worth it. Food is so, so, quantity is low. You will see the menu has the same sauces on many dif dishes.—the previous owner does in home Italian (with local flair) catering and cooking for family’s that is amazing. PM if your group is interested in his number.
Grouper's
Grille & Wine Bar
Light, fresh and colorful food that satisfies, just the way you want to eat today. The finest seafood, Angus beef, free-range chicken and pork. Extensive wine list. Reservations suggested.----upscale dining, limited menu, not a place for kids.
(252) 453-4077
The Kitchen Witch Catering
2388 Carova Road
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-2260
Professional inhome catering, vacationers and residents, daily and weekly, 2 to 200 people. Weddings and Receptions. All seasons. ---never heard of, so no go.
Metropolis Little Bar Bistro
520 Old Stoney Rd. in Corolla.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-6167
Tapas and Martini Bar
76 seat full-service restaurant----good friends just bought it, they used to manage it, and now the food has gotten very good. Def not a kids place. Small intimate very modern and cool atmosphere. Def a good place for the adults to go for a night of drinks and trying dif foods. It is Tapas so be prepared to order 2-3 dishes per person, tasting and sharing makes the evening fun. Price is expensive. .
Mike Dianna's Grill Room
796-A Sunset Blvd.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-4336
Daily menu changes, wine list,
appetizers & entrees
Large party seating and
take-out available.
website:
Grill Room OBX------Worked here for last two years.- Very good steak (most of its prime), wine spectator award for wine list. Local and other fresh seafood, menu changes daily. Can accommodate large groups, good kids menu as well. Live music tues and thurs and outside deck bar m-f. Downsides, is it can be very busy and loud, crowded. Price is expensive, but on par with all resort pricing. Crab cakes are great, but have gone down hill compared to last years, are now second in the area to North Banks
North Beach Bistro
(252) 453-0788
Open daily for lunch and dinner. Serving steak, seafood, vegetarian and pasta dishes, fine wines, beer and champagnes. Take out available.---
North Banks
Restaurant & Raw Bar
794-G Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-3344
A friendly casual setting offering daily fish specials, raw bar, live Maine lobsters and full-service bar. Lunch and dinner daily.
Northern Lights Bakery ---GREAT FOOD!! very small atmosphere, no reservations, so be prepared to wait long times but there are shops to walk around. Loud atmosphere, and can be cramped and crowded. Also have good lunch. The only true steam/raw bar in corolla.
807-L Ocean Tr.
Corolla, NC
(252) 453-0201
Pine Island Diner
345 Audubon Drive
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-4828----don’t waste your time
Smokey's Restaurant
(252) 453-4050 ----BBQ – worst place in corolla
Sooey's BBQ
& Rib Rack
(252) 453-4423—decent BBQ –nothing special
Starboards Sub's
& Italian Specialties
(252) 457-0212----- huh?
Steamer's Shellfish To Go
TimBuck II
798 B Sunset Blvd
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-3305
Gourmet take out at its finest! Featuring made from scratch soup entrees and dessert and our famous Steamer Pots To-Go. ----EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sundogs Sports
Bar & Grill
(252) 453-4263----only real bar in the corolla area, multiple TV’s and this is where the night crowd goes. Might have gotten a little ahead of themselves by making to classy of a menu for the place his year. But all in all they have good bar foods, and atmos.
Tomato Patch
Italian Foods & Bar
(252) 453-4500---Good place for quick family orientated pizza dining.
If your in Duck the best place is The Blue Point, which is phenomenal. Def need a reservation and ask about kids.
Remember in the Corolla/Duck area wed thurs and fri are the busiest days to go out to eat! try to get reservations any night you want to go out, and its almost mandatory if you want to eat on thurs! So try to plan your Thursday dining around a place that accepts reservations. Also drinking and driving is watched like the secret service in this area so be smart!
Also the bigest tourist trap in Duck is called sunset bar and grill, it looks like the islands with water views and palm trees, but the food and atmosphere is pure tourist trap. Dont get suckered in, but its fine to go to have drinks there on the water (has a funny smell to the place though ahah)
Please let me know if you have any specific questions about types of foods or things you want to see.
North banks Rest is supposed to Say-GREAT FOOD!! very small atmosphere, no reservations, so be prepared to wait long times but there are shops to walk around. Loud atmosphere, and can be cramped and crowded. Also have good lunch. The only true steam/raw bar in corolla.
If you want to try true NC style BBQ, the best place is a little shack in historic corolla, by the old light house, turn before you get to twiddy realty. Be sure to try his cole slaw too!! its fantastic.
Yes there are horses on the beach but it's in the 4x4 area, so if you don't have it then don't mess around up there. You can rent jeeps to get up there or they have some tours available as well. Some days the horses can be harder to find than others.
The Blue Point is fantastic, and I highly recommend this place as well.
Not sure about the surf fishing up there but I'm sure you've got a shot at some taylor blues and spanish if you're in a decent spot.
If you want to charter a boat, then your looking at like 30-40 miles to come to Pirates cove, Oregon inlet fishing ceter, or broad creek. They have inshore, sound, inlet, nearshore, and offshore. There are a ton of great charters in this area. Let me know if you're interested and I'll throw you some names.
Also, the Timbuck II shopping center has putt putt, go carts, and I think an arcade as well.
I grew up spending summers on Long Beach Island so we are familiar with traffic. It's will be time to relax. Most nights we are eating in. I made a reservation for the 12 of us at Blue Point Thursday so we're real excited.
Can't wait to just go somewhere new, forget about life at home, hang in the pool, drink some single malt, read a book, smoke a cuban and spend my mornings on the beach chasing breaking fish!!!!!
There is a restaurant on the right side of the road just after you cross the bridge coming from Mantio to OBX that has fantastic food. Does anyone know its name? It is a long building that has a screened area as well.
There is a restaurant on the right side of the road just after you cross the bridge coming from Mantio to OBX that has fantastic food. Does anyone know its name? It is a long building that has a screened area as well.
JK's is in nags head, hes in corolla, Mike Dianas Grill room used to be JK's in corolla, same live wood mesquite grill preperations, only maing thing about the menu changed is more seafood, and now no ribs.
Basnights Lone Cedar is def good down home cooking, the new building is very nice (the old one burned completely down), but the new building is loud bc of how open it is, and some of the historic ambience is lost.
That was a tough month for the basnights, first the Rest. burned to the ground, and two weeks later his wife passed.
Im a fan of TL's country kitchen myself when I'm down that way for lunchs.
JK's is in nags head, hes in corolla, Mike Dianas Grill room used to be JK's in corolla, same live wood mesquite grill preperations, only maing thing about the menu changed is more seafood, and now no ribs.
Basnights Lone Cedar is def good down home cooking, the new building is very nice (the old one burned completely down), but the new building is loud bc of how open it is, and some of the historic ambience is lost.
That was a tough month for the basnights, first the Rest. burned to the ground, and two weeks later his wife passed.
Im a fan of TL's country kitchen myself when I'm down that way for lunchs.
X2, I 'm another fan of TL's. Basic down home good cooking. The atmosphere is no atmosphere , which is fine with me
As for Basnight's Lone Cedar, I love the man but his restaurant...not so much. High priced, average food, very few view seats, and variable service. But unfortunately, that describes most restaurants in the Manteo, Nags Head area these days. It's a crap shoot. I really can't think of one I can recommend as a sure bet. They've all sort of gone price crazy and lost their way in the kitchens. I wish they would get back to good 'ole basic OBX fare at moderate prices, the way it was 15 years ago. But I'll admit lots of folks don't agree with me, Basnight's lot is always full.
Restaurant help in the OBX 
